The analysts assumed in illustrations for 2026 forecasts that a typical employer's stop-loss premiums will rise 11.5% next year. But "actual policyholder results will vary, with increases approaching ...

The U.S. Census Bureau's new American Community Survey tables show that employers in 10 states provided health coverage for fewer than 58% of the people ages 18 through 64 in those states. That ...

UnitedHealth Group has stepped up its lobbying efforts targeting the Trump administration as it seeks to rebound from numerous lawsuits and regulatory issues that have caused its market value to ...

The total health benefit cost per employee is expected to rise an average of 6.5% next year, even after accounting for planned cost-reduction measures.

This comes after the FTC issued a final rule to promote competition by banning noncompetes nationwide, which has since been challenged in federal court.

Plan sponsors view advisor value as a combination of service and cost, with their top priorities including improving participant outcomes, boosting employee satisfaction and optimizing plan design to ...

About 56% of the participants said PBM rule changes and drug price regulations, such as drug price caps, would be very helpful to their plans.

Unpaid medical bills would increase by $7.6 billion by 2034, according to an analysis of an earlier version of the law that was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

Advisors should view this as an opportunity to deliver thoughtful retirement income strategies to clients and help them resist common behavioral tendencies.

While businesses report modest improvements in the financial health of the U.S. economy and their local markets, their own organizations continue to lag behind.

UnitedHealth Group will not be allowed to narrow the scope of discovery in an ongoing lawsuit accusing the insurance giant of wrongfully denying Medicare Advantage coverage through the use of ...

The U.S. workers in the farming, fishing and forestry industries were only about half as likely to have private health coverage in 2024 as our architects and engineers.